Alameda County Biographies
CHARLES D. BENNETTS
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
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Charles D. Bennetts, living in Oakland, is serving as superintendent of the commissary
department for the San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railway. His birth occurred in Ione, Amador
county, California, on the 6th of October, 1877, his parents being W. A. and Eva Bennetts. It
was in 1865 that the father came to this state, settling in Ione, where he conducted a general
merchandise store until 1912. During the past two years he has lived retired in San Jose.
Charles D. Bennetts attended the graded and high schools of Oakland until his graduation
in 1897 and then returned to Ione, being there employed as guard in the Ione Preston School of
Industry for one year. On the expiration of that period he came back to Oakland and for five
years was engaged as clerk for Wells Fargo & Company.
Subsequently he became identified with the San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railway as
receiver, later was made storekeeper and afterward superintendent of the commissary department,
in which capacity he has since ably served.
On the 16th of April, 1903, in Sacramento, California, Mr. Bennetts was united in
marriage to Miss Hazel Maude Luce, by whom he has two children, Stewart and Ione, who are ten
and seven years of age respectively. Both are public-school students. In politics Mr. Bennetts
is a stanch republican, while his religious faith is that of the Methodist church. He is also a
worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Live Oak Lodge. He is well known as a man
of strict integrity and sterling worth, as well as business capacity and enterprise, and his many
admirable qualities have placed him among the respected citizens of his community.
Past & Present of Alameda County, California � Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914, p. 319